Cattle-stanchion



W. B. OBTIME.

CATTLE STANCEION. A

Enrouleur Hmm A111.151, 190s.

@15m/humaan Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET L fm-MAMA W. B. GRUMB.

GATTLE STANGHION.

PPLIOATION FILED APR.13,1908.

909,760. Patenteduan. 1 2, 1909.

Y Y 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2. n a A Snom/Lto@ WALLACE BRUCE CRUMB, OF FORESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

CATTLEFSTANCHION.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented. Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed. April 13, 1908. Serial No. 426,857.

T 0 all 'whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE B. CRUMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forestville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle- Stanchions; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cattle stanchions and more particularly to improvements upon my stanchion described in Patent No. 807,361, issued December 12, 1905. i

The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of the stanchion described in the aforementioned Letters Patent, whereby the same may be made more eilicient and durable and more cheaply manufactured.

Another object is to provide simple and efficient means for holding the various parts of the stanchion together.

Another object is to provide an arrangement whereby the movable bar of the stanchion may be held in a convenient position when it is unfastened.

For these and still other objects which will appear as the description proceeds the invention consists of certain novel features, arrangements and combinations of parts of which the herein described cattle stanchion is one of many possible embodiments.

While herein the description refers to minute details of the invention, the invention is not limited to these as the details of construction and combination may be greatly varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the annexed drawing forming a part of this specification in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views and which are for illustrative purposes only and therefore not drawn to any particular scale, Figure 1 is a front elevation` showing the manner of supporting the stanchion; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the upper and lower ends of the stanchion; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the upper cross bar; Fig. 4 is a detail cross sectional view through one corner of the stanchion showing the manner of forming the joint between the cross bar and the adjustable side bars; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View of the upper and lower ends of a modified form of stanchion; and Fig. 6 is a similar view of another modified form of stanchion.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 denotes a supporting frame which may be of any suitable construction and 2 denotes the stanchion consisting of an upper cross bar 3, and the lower cross bar 4. In one end of the upper cross bar 3 is formed a slot 5 adapted to receive a tenon 6 formed upon the upper end of the stationary side bar 7. The shoulders 8 and 9 on the. opposite sides of the tenon 6 engage the under side of the bar 3, whereby rigid connection between said bars 3 and 7 may be secured. The lower cross bar 4 is provided with a mortise 10 to receive the lower end of the side bar 7 in the same manner as said side bar is received in the slot 5, in order to hold said side bar in firm engagement with the bar 4, I provide a staple 1l, the yoke 12 of which is passed through a transverse bore or opening 13 near the lower end of the bar 7. The side members 14 of this staple are passed downwardly close to the sides of the bar 7 through side bores 15, adjacent the slot 10 and project slightly below` the lower end of the bar 7 and the lower face of the cross bar 4. Nuts 16 and washers 17 on the ends of said staple clamp said side bar 7 and the lower cross bar 4 firmly together.

If desired I may clamp the upper cross bar 3 to the side bar 7 in a similar manner, but prefer the means hereinafter described.

The cross bar 4 is provided at the o3- posite end from the slot 10 with a diagonally disposed slot 18 with bevel sides 19 and 20 as clearly shown.. Pivotally mounted, in this slot by means of a bolt 21 is the swinging side bar 22, the upper end of which is received in an open ended-slot 23 of the upper cross bar 3. The middle part of the upper cross bar is provided with an upwardly opening recess 24, between which and the inner end of the slot 23 is provided a spring supporting bracket 25 secured to said crossv bar by means of screws 26 and provided with oppositely disposed projections 27. A U# shaped latch 28 is bent to form a handle 29 at the end thereof, and spring coils 30 near the mid-point of the sides thereof are secured to said bracket 25 by said coils being passed over the ends of said projections. The free ends 31 of said wire are bent downwardly into said recess 24 to hold said wire in place. The bracket 25 is provided with a downwardly projecting end plate 32 having at its lower end a perforation 33. vEX- tending substantially `.from end to end of said upper cross bar 3 is a longitudinal bore 34, and a similar bore 35 is provided in the upper end of the stationary side piece 7, the bores 3st and 35 and the perforation-'being in alinement. A bolt` 36 is passed through said bores and said perforation 33, whereby said side piece 7 and said bracket 25 are firmly held together. One end of said bolt l36 projects through the perforation 33 and forms a nipple37 around which fits a socket 38 in the upper end of the vswinging side bar 22 whereby said sidebar is `more eiiicently held in closed position. A bevel 39 is provided on the inner side of the upper end of the swinging bar 22, said bevel being adapted to lift the spring llatch 28 when said swinging bar is forced into closed position, after which the latch 28 springs to its normal position and thus holds the swinging bar 2 2 closed; a chain 4() is provided to swinglinvgly secure the cross bar 3 to the supporting frame l, the lower link of said chain ll0 having passed therethrough the bolt 36. A lower chain 4l secured to the lower supporting frame 4 has its upmostlink extending into a recess 42 in the bar l and held `therein by the means of a transverse bolt 44.

A transverse bolt l5 is passed through said lower cross bar and the lower end of said stationary side bar as an additional holding means. The modification shown in Fig. 5 has the slots 5 and 10 elongated, whereby the distance between the side kbars 7 and 22 may be adjusted. The walls of the slots 5 and l() are provided with slots 46 and 4T extending longitudinally of the bars 3 and L and adapted to `receive the bolts 45 yand 48, whereby said stationary bar 7 may :be held in adjusted position. The modifica tion shown in Fig. 6 is similar to thatshlown 4and an upwardly opening recess intermediate the ends thereof, and having an open ended slot atwits other end, a chain for supporting said stanchion extending into said recess, side bars disposed in sa'id slots, and a bolt passing longitudinally through said upper cross bar, the upper end of one of said side bars. ythrough said chain and into the other side bar, and a .connection between the lower of said side bars.` 2. A stanchion "having an upper cross bar `barhaving a recess in its upper face to re ceive a suspension chain, and a bolt eXtending longitudinally through said cross bar the recess therein to engage the suspension chain through said stationary side bar and projecting into the recess in said pivoted side bar.

3. A stanchion provided with an upper cross bar havlng lan open ended slot and an yintermediate upwardly opening recess, a lbracket secured upon the upper face of said cross bar the forward end of which is provided with a downwardly projecting perforated member, a side bar adapted to fit into said open ended slot, and provided with a recess, a bolt passing through the perforation of said downwardly extending bracket member, and into said recess, and means carried by said bracket to hold said side bar in said slot.

4L. A stanchion provided with an upper cross bar having an open ended slot and an intermediate upwardly opening recess, a bracket secured upon the upper face of said cross bar the forward end of which is provided with a downwardly projecting 'pierforated member, a side bar adapted to fit into said open ended slot and provided with a recess, a bolt passing through the perforation of said downwardly extending bracket member and into said recess, and means carried'by said bracket to hold said side bar in said slot, and a .spring connected to the means having downwardly projecting rear ends engaging in said upwardly opening recess.

5. A stanchion comprisingan upper cross bar provided with an open 'ended slot at one end` a closed ended slot at the other end and an upwardly opening recess intermediate-the ends thereof, a lower cross bar provided with a diagonallyy disposed slot, aside bar having one end pivoted in said diagonal slot, the upper end of said side bar being received in the. open ended slot of the upper cross bar, another sidebar provided with a reduced end received by said closed ended slot, the lower end of said llast named. `side lbar being provided with a `transverse bore, a U-shaped rod having its yoke passing through said bore and the arms thereof passing through said `lower cross bar, nuts on the lower end of said arms to hold said last named side ybar rigidly to said lower cross bar, a bolt passing longitudinally through said upper cross bar ythrough one of said side members, and linto the other of said yside members, and a` chain fin lsaid upwardly opening recess and receiving said bolt.

6'. A stanchion having an-u-p'per cross 'bar provided with an open ended slot, a closed ended slot and an upwardly opening recess arranged between said slots, a lower cross bar provided with a diagonally extending slot, a vertically extending slot and a downwardly opening recess, a movable side bar pivoted in said diagonally disposed slot with its upper end received in the open ended slot of the upper cross bar, a stationary side bar having a reduced end received in said closed slot, the lower end of said stationary7 side bar being provided with a transverse bore, a U-shaped member having the yoke thereof passing through said bore and the arms thereof extending downwardly through said lower cross bar and provided with nuts screwed against the face of said lower cross bar, said movable side bar having a recess in its upper end, a bracket upon the upper face of said upper cross bar having at its forward end a downwardly projecting plate with an aperture therein, said bracket being provided with laterally extending lugs, a bolt extending longitudinally through said upper cross bar, passing through the upper end of said stationaryv side bar through said upwardly opening recess, through said apertured plate and into the recess of the upper end of said movable side bar, a supporting chain in said upwardly opening recess and receiving said bolt, a latch arranged to extend over the upper end of said pivoted side bar, said latch being provided with coils engaged with said laterally extending lugs and with downwardly projecting ends passing into said upwardly opening recess.

7. A stanchion having an upper cross bar provided with an open ended slot, a pivoted side bar, the upper free end of which is adapted to slide within said open ended slot and provided with a recess, a stationary side bar at the other end of said cross bar and a. bolt extending longitudinally through said cross bar, said stationary side bar and projecting into `said recess in the pivoted side bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VALLACE BRUCE CRUMB. vWitnesses GEO. B. GRAY, CHAs. F. AUGUBowEN. 

